Garment support



1935- A. J. FISHBONE 1,987,253

GARMENT SUPPORT Filed Feb. 7, 1934 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT SUPPORT Anna J. Fishbone, New York, N. Y. Application February 7, 1934, Serial No. 710,152

1 Claim. (01. 241-1) This invention relates to garments and more in Figure 3 the ends 9 and 10 are joined together particularly to a combination body embracing by snap fasteners 11 in order to provide means device and garter support. to open and close the garment around the body One of the objects of the invention is to pro of the wearer.

vide a body shaping device such as a corset, The upper ends of the straps 2 are attached 5 corselet or the like and provided with garters to the belt portion 1 and to the lower ends of to support the stockings of the wearer in place, the straps are anchored metallic loops 12. Nuthe garters at the same time acting as an anmeral 13 designates flexible non-elastic strips choring means to prevent the body shaping desupported at the upper ends by the loops 12, and

vice from creeping upwardly on the body of the fastened at the lower ends thereof are buttons 10 wearer. 14. These buttons pass through the narrowed Another object of the invention is to have the lower ends of the loops and are adapted to coanchoring means in the form of elastic bands or operate with the said loops for gripping the adgarters encircling the legs or thighs of the wearer justing strips 3 as best seen in Figure 2. By

15 and supported by vertically disposed straps atsuch means the relative position of the belt 1 15 tached at their upper ends to the body of the and the garters 4 can be regulated and adjusted garment and provided with means to adjust the in the well-known manner to suit the needs of relative distance between the body portion of the wearer. the garment and the garters. Having described my invention, I claim Other objects of the invention will appear as In a garment of the class described, a belt 20 the disclosure progresses. The drawing is inportion, two pairs of. elastic straps sewed at tended to merely indicate a possible embodiment their upper ends to said belt portion, the bottom of the invention. It is obvious that the actual ends of said elastic straps having metallic loops needs of manufacture may necessitate certain permanently attached thereto, flexible nonmechanical changes. It is therefore not intended elastic strips provided with buttons at their 25 to limit the invention to the embodiment illuslower ends and suspended at their upper ends trated but rather to define such limits in the from said metallic loops, limb encircling memappended claim. bers comprising elastic circular body portions,

In the embodiment illustrated Figure 1 is a means to adjust the distance between the said view showing the front member of the belt porbelt portion and said limb encircling members, 30 tion of the garment, the limb encircling memsaid means being adjacent to said limb encircling bers and the associate parts connecting the leg members and including non-elastic imperforate encircling members to the belt portion. adjusting strips, the lower ends of said non- Figure 2 is a section or line 22 of Figure 1. elastic adjusting strips being directly and per- Figure 3 is a top view of the garment with the manently attached to said elastic body portions 35 garters omitted. of said limb encircling members, the upper ends Referring to the figures in detail numeral 1 of said non-elastic imperforate strips adapted to d i s h belt Portion of the garment which be adjustably gripped between the said buttons is adapted to fit snugly around the hips of the and said loops so that the distance between the wearer, 2 the straps made of resilient material body portion of the garment and said limb en- 40 and supported from the belt, and 3 the adiustcircling members can be regulated in an ining non-elastic imperforate strips for supporting definite amount within the limits of said adjustthe limb encircling members 4 made of elastic ing strips, the free and loose ends of said adjustmaterial. The belt portion 1 comprises front and ing strips pointing upwardly so they can readily back members 5 and 6 of equal shape and size be gripped. 45

and made of non-elastic material and side in- ANNA J. FISHBONE. serts 7 and 8 made of elastic material. As noted 

